Considering New Functions in Thermal Bath Buildings: The Singular Heating Water System from the Roman Spa of Termas de São Vicente (Penafiel, Portugal) by Silvia González Soutelo, Juan Diego Carmona Barrero, Teresa Soeiro, Inmaculada Donate Carretero, Clara Seara Erwelein

“…In this article, we present the results of the research through the formal, analytical and functional study of this object and its archaeological context, which shed light on a new type of structure used in thermal buildings to heat and evaporate the mineral water used in these Roman mineral-medicinal bath complexes.…”
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Photoelectrochemical CO2 Conversion to Hydrocarbons Using an AlGaN/GaN-Si Tandem Photoelectrode by Masahiro Deguchi, Satoshi Yotsuhashi, Yuka Yamada, Kazuhiro Ohkawa

“…The Si device is located on the back of AlGaN/GaN structure and acts as activation layer that raises cathode potential. …”
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Defect engineering in organic semiconductor based metal-dielectric photonic crystals by Khadga S. Thakuri, Thomas Cleary, David Allemeier, Taisei Kimura, Naoya Aizawa, Ken-ichi Nakayama, Akito Masuhara, Matthew S. White

“…Abstract We investigate the band structure of metal-dielectric photonic crystals comprising stacked organic semiconductor microcavities with silver metal mirrors incorporating crystal defects: individual unit cells with aperiodic dimensionality. …”
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N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine modulates indium-tin oxide nanoparticles-caused interstitial lung diseases in male rats through oxidative stress-activated apoptosis and autophagy by Yanzi Zhao, Yujing Niu, Xuefei Wang, Peng Wan, Zhanfei Ma, Jian Sun, Shoufang Jiang, Ling Xue, Nan Liu

“…NAC supplementation restored most of the pathological structural features of rat lung tissue to their physiological range and effectively weakened apoptosis, as demonstrated by the notable reductions in TUNEL, Bax, and Bcl-2 protein expression levels in the lungs. …”
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Investigating Factors Affecting Social Indifference among Female Teachers and Strategies for Mitigation by Azam Khatibi, Masoome Zand

“…In Merton's theory of structural strain, social indifference is analyzed in conjunction with isolation and a lack of participation. …”
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Study on the dynamics of fruits color related genes and metabolites during the fruit development of Zanthoxylum bungeanum ‘Hanyuan’ by Yafang Zhai, Kai Wang, Jiaojiao Wu, Wenkai Hui, Shuaijie Lu, Jing Qiu, Han Wu, Wei Gong, Jingyan Wang

“…Furthermore, it was found that MYB113 interact with the structural genes Zb4CL1, ZbCYP98A32, and ZbFLS11, thereby regulating the biosynthesis of petunidin-3-O-(6-O-p-coumaroyl)-glucoside. …”
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Cryogenic Thermo-Optical Coefficient of SU-8 Measured Using a Racetrack Resonator at 850 nm by Salvador A. Medina-Rangel, Nicola Maraviglia, John O’Hara, Artem S. Vorobev, Simone Iadanza, Emanuele Pelucchi, Liam O’Faolain

“…SU-8 is an emerging polymer material for integrated optical circuits that has demonstrated good structural properties in a cryogenic environment. In this article, we investigate the thermo-optical properties of SU-8 for a wavelength <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>λ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>850</mn><mtext> </mtext><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">m</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, from room temperature to cryogenic temperature down to 14 K. …”
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Preparation, properties, and application of nano-carbonized polymers by YI Jian-hong, ZHAO Wen-min, HE Yan, BAO Rui

“…The nano-carbonized polymers show the unique core-shell structure (carbon core formed by sp2/sp3, shell formed by functional groups and polymer chains) which have been widely used in biological imaging, sensors, catalysis, light-emitting diode, copper matrix composites, and other fields. …”
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Detecting Dark Objects with Plasma Microlensing by Their Gravitational Wakes by M. Sten Delos

“…This work explores the spatial structure of the plasma lens associated with a gravitational wake. …”
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Lipopeptide Biosurfactants from Bacillus spp.: Types, Production, Biological Activities, and Applications in Food by Nawazish Ali, Zhengjun Pang, Fenghuan Wang, Baocai Xu, Hesham R. El-Seedi

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Schmidt modes carrying orbital angular momentum generated by cascaded systems pumped with Laguerre–Gaussian beams by D. Scharwald, L. Gehse, P. R. Sharapova

“…Orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes are an important resource used in various branches of quantum science and technology due to their unique helical structure and countably infinite basis. Generating light that simultaneously carries high-order orbital angular momenta and exhibits quantum correlations is a challenging task. …”
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Improving inter-fiber bonding by cellulase under a high surface lignin level by Jinglei Xie, Shijie Liu

“…Instead of removing lignin, the fiber surface composition was changed in structure and distribution in this work through a light mechanical refining. 2 h of cellulase adsorption and hydrolysis were performed after that. …”
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Triboelectric nanogenerators: Fundamental physics and potential applications by Linglin Zhou, Di Liu, Jie Wang, Zhong Lin Wang

“…With the characteristics of simple structure, light weight, broad material availability, low cost, and high efficiency even at low operation frequency, TENG can serve as a promising alternative strategy for meeting the needs of distributed energy for the internet of things and network. …”
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Determinants of Deindustrialisation in Developed European and Post-Communist Countries by Marija Beg, Martina Basarac Sertic, Ivo Druzic

“…The main goal of this paper is to shed some light on the pro-cess of deindustrialisation defined as falling share of industry employment in total employment. …”
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About the disregard of legal entity doctrine in Brazilian anti-corruption act (Law no. 12,846/2013) by José Sérgio da Silva Cristóvam, Gustavo Costa Ferreira

“…In order to do so, we reviewed the birth context of the aforementioned federal law, we studied the constitutionalization of law phenomenon and its contribution to the structuring of a Punitive Administrative legal regime. …”
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Investigation of the S. V. Rachmaninov’s compositions of small forms (hermeneutic analysis) by Victoria V. Novikova, Elena A. Petelina, Larisa I. Severinova, Nikolai P. Kharkovsky

“…Rachmaninov in which the waltz elements play a unique role as a manifestation of polysemantic in the work structure and the originality of the author’s manner of a composer are involved for the analysis. …”
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Accessible virtual reality for library orientation: A user-centered approach for visually impaired learners in inclusive education by Yakannut Yensathit, Pakinee Ariya, Kannikar Intawong, Kitti Puritat

“…Conducted at a Thai university, the research employed a research and development methodology, combining quantitative and qualitative data collection through usability testing, satisfaction questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. A digital twin of the university library was created using Unity and deployed on Meta Quest 2, incorporating assistive features such as spatial audio cues, adjustable text, customizable lighting and contrast, and alerts for grade separation. …”
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Tunable Plasmonic Wavelength Demultiplexing Device Using Coupled Resonator System by Xiao-Meng Geng, Tie-Jun Wang, Da-Quan Yang, Lin-Yan He, Chuan Wang

“…The proposed PWDM device is designed using an add&#x2013;drop-drop structure, which consists of one input port and two output ports. …”
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Fluorescent robust photoactuator via photo-crosslinking induced single-layered janus polyimide by Shuyu Xue, Zhipanxin Shi, Zaiyu Wang, Haozhe Tan, Feng Gao, Zicong Zhang, Ziyue Ye, Shifeng Nian, Ting Han, Jianbo Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang, Qiuyu Zhang

“…Then the fluorescent robust photoactuators with single-layered janus structure were directly obtained via UV assisted photo-crosslinking of the films, exhibiting reversible response driven by a pronounced mismatch in expansion between the front and back sides of the films. …”
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Fundamental limits to multi-functional and tunable nanophotonic response by Shim Hyungki, Kuang Zeyu, Lin Zin, Miller Owen D.

“…Building from rapid recent advances in bounds to light–matter interactions, we show that after rewriting the design problems in terms of polarization fields, the introduction of suitable cross-correlation constraints imposes the crucial “single-structure” criteria. …”
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